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Error: 25030. Setup failed to load a kernel driver (vmrawdsk)

Arun Raju wrote 3 days ago: I am posting this on the basis of issues reported when trying to install VMware Tools on Windows 7 6 … more →

Tags: VMware, VMware Server, ESX 4

Installing VMware Tools from the Command Line with the RPM Installer

Arun Raju wrote 4 days ago: Installing VMware Tools from the Command Line with the RPM Installer 1. Power on the virtual machine … more →

Tags: VMware

Installing VMware Tools from the Command Line with the Tar Installer

Arun Raju wrote 4 days ago: 1. Power on the virtual machine. 2. After the guest operating system has started, prepare your virtu … more →

Tags: VMware

PowerCLI: Upgrading vHardware to vSphere Part 2: VM’s

afokkema wrote 5 days ago: Disclaimer: use this script at your own risk In part 1 you could find a script to upgrade your te … more →

Tags: VMware, PowerCLI, upgrade

Installing VMware Tools in Linux VMs from X with the RPM Installer

Arun Raju wrote 1 week ago: Installing VMware Tools from X with the RPM installer: 1. Choose VM > Install VMware Tools. The … more →

Tags: VMware

PowerCLI: Change VMware Tools Options2 comments

afokkema wrote 2 weeks ago: In this post you will learn how to change the VMware Tools settings in the Options menu which you … more →

Tags: VMware, PowerCLI

VSphere Vmware Tools on Server 2008 Workaround1 comment

modmaven wrote 1 month ago: I have been working through our upgrade to vSphere, and so far the only thing that has really been a … more →

Tags: Computers General, servers, virtualization, install, server 2008, uninstall, vSphere

Problem upgrading VMware Tools (because of JIT-Debugger) solved

draptik wrote 1 month ago: After resurrecting an old VMware installation (I started with the first freely available version of … more →

Tags: IT, Linux, Windows, Debugger, JIT, jit-debugger, Just-in-time, reinstall, reinstalling vmware tools

VMware Tools Registry settings

afokkema wrote 2 months ago: @vmdavinci asked the following on Twitter:   These are the registry settings you can change: … more →

Tags: VMware, registry, twitter

VMWare Tools in Windows 7 Beta VM on ESX Host

Paul Galloway wrote 2 months ago: I ran into an interesting problem when attempting to load my shiny new Windows 7 operating system in … more →

Tags: virtualization, VMware, ESX Server

Restart VMware Tools on all Windows VM’s

afokkema wrote 2 months ago:   After reading the post on http://www.virtualvcp.com/content/view/82/1/ about the VMware Tool … more →

Tags: PowerShell, VI Toolkit, Script

Replacing a Corrupt or Missing VMWare Tools ISO

chadwik wrote 3 months ago: I ran into this today and thought I would document it somewhere.  In trying to save space on an ESX … more →

Tags: Work, VMware, ISO, VMware ESX, ESX

Veeam: Snapshot creation failed: Could not quiesce file system

afokkema wrote 5 months ago:   A couple of days ago, I was testing with Veeam backup and a new created VM. The backup stops … more →

Tags: Veeam, Backup 2.0, VSS

How to install VMWare tools on openSuSE guest

GustavoF wrote 5 months ago: zypper in gcc gcc-c++ make kernel-source From the VI Client, opent the console VM, go to VM menu - … more →

Tags: Linux, OpenSuse, VMware

Best way to clone a VMWare virtual machine

Michael Thomas wrote 6 months ago: Caveat: This is for VMWare Workstation, running v6.5 (which I find a bit more quirky than v5.x, espe … more →

Tags: Virtual Machines, Vmware workstation, VMware, clone

VMware Workstation: Mouse stuck inside guest after VMware tools 6.5 upgrade

Michael Thomas wrote 6 months ago: After I upgraded VMware tools from version v5.x to v6.5 in one VM and from v6.0 to v6.5 in another V … more →

Tags: Virtual Machines, drivers, Vmware workstation, Vista Enterprise, Windows XP Pro, mouse

VMware: OS Specific Packages(vmtools)

kcollo wrote 7 months ago: Found out via twitter early this AM (@jtroyer) that VMware is now releasing OS specific packages.  T … more →

Tags: VMware, ESX, ESX 3, LinkedIn, Native, RedHat, RH, SuSE, ubuntu

VMware: Set VMware TimeSync option with the VI Toolkit

afokkema wrote 7 months ago: Ik was vandaag even met Gabrie van Zanten (http://www.gabesvirtualworld.com/) aan het brainstormen … more →

Tags: VMware, Microsoft, PowerShell, virtualization, VI Toolkit, VirtualMachineConfigSpec

VMware Tools Don't Work in Ubuntu 8.106 comments

willwm wrote 8 months ago: Found these two links to information about VMware Tools not working with Ubuntu 8.10. I’ve be … more →

Tags: Fascinations, Linux, VMware, Tutorials, Workstation, virtual machine, Tools, ubuntu, Linux - Tutorials


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